PMID- 25257866 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150805 LR - 20211021 IS - 1522-1601 (Electronic) IS - 8750-7587 (Print) IS - 0161-7567 (Linking) VI - 117 IP - 11 DP - 2014 Dec 1 TI - A single bout of high-intensity aerobic exercise facilitates response to paired associative stimulation and promotes sequence-specific implicit motor learning. PG - 1325-36 LID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00498.2014 [doi] AB - The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the impact of a single bout of high-intensity aerobic exercise on 1) long-term potentiation (LTP)-like neuroplasticity via response to paired associative stimulation (PAS) and 2) the temporal and spatial components of sequence-specific implicit motor learning. Additionally, relationships between exercise-induced increases in systemic brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and response to PAS and motor learning were evaluated. Sixteen young healthy participants completed six experimental sessions, including the following: 1) rest followed by PAS; 2) aerobic exercise followed by PAS; 3) rest followed by practice of a continuous tracking (CT) task and 4) a no-exercise 24-h retention test; and 5) aerobic exercise followed by CT task practice and 6) a no-exercise 24-h retention test. The CT task included an embedded repeated sequence allowing for evaluation of sequence-specific implicit learning. Slope of motor-evoked potential recruitment curves generated with transcranial magnetic stimulation showed larger increases when PAS was preceded by aerobic exercise (59.8% increase) compared with rest (14.2% increase, P = 0.02). Time lag of CT task performance on the repeated sequence improved under the aerobic exercise condition from early (-100.8 ms) to late practice (-75.2 ms, P < 0.001) and was maintained at retention (-79.2 ms, P = 0.004) but did not change under the rest condition (P > 0.16). Systemic BDNF increased on average by 3.4-fold following aerobic exercise (P = 0.003), but the changes did not relate to neurophysiological or behavioral measures (P > 0.42). These results indicate that a single bout of high-intensity aerobic exercise can prime LTP-like neuroplasticity and promote sequence-specific implicit motor learning. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 the American Physiological Society. FAU - Mang, Cameron S AU - Mang CS AD - Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; FAU - Snow, Nicholas J AU - Snow NJ AD - Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; FAU - Campbell, Kristin L AU - Campbell KL AD - Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; FAU - Ross, Colin J D AU - Ross CJ AD - Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; FAU - Boyd, Lara A AU - Boyd LA AD - Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada lara.boyd@ubc.ca. LA - eng GR - Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140925 PL - United States TA - J Appl Physiol (1985) JT - Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) JID - 8502536 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 7171WSG8A2 (BDNF protein, human) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Association Learning/*physiology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*blood MH - Exercise/*physiology MH - Female MH - Healthy Volunteers MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Motor Skills/physiology MH - *Neuronal Plasticity MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC4254838 OTO - NOTNLM OT - aerobic exercise OT - brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - motor learning OT - neuroplasticity EDAT- 2014/09/27 06:00 MHDA- 2015/08/06 06:00 PMCR- 2015/12/01 CRDT- 2014/09/27 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/08/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - japplphysiol.00498.2014 [pii] AID - JAPPL-00498-2014 [pii] AID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00498.2014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Appl Physiol (1985). 2014 Dec 1;117(11):1325-36. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00498.2014. Epub 2014 Sep 25.